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Chicago examiner vol xv no 38 a m satukday Chicago february 0 1917 satukday n *.Â£Â£Â£&Â» price one cext a 2Â£b sÂ§sssb seas safe for u.s ships wilson and senators confer grand jurors to fix guilt in blast ir of wrecked tenement and fe called before body mon r nino inquiries started gleet charged to cos co vho lost mother ; 2 sisters i brother avers she pleaded nly for repairs drunken s of inspector alleged 2 combined . power of city ounty a:id state started yes erduy to fix responsibility for e and explosion which wrecked aement at 813-823 west four place in the early hours of lay persons were killed fifteen sly injured and seventeen are g more than forty more were y hurt loenas to appear before the jury monday morning at 10 were served oii morris fold anitor of the buildingj and his jessie ity of state's ney's office bared processes revealed the activity state's attorney's office and 1 to put the blame squarely up peoples gas light and coke is leak and no other cause ng to statements by feldman 3 wife to assistant slate's at james c o'brien caused the as justice speeded to its-work i policemen and wrecking drafted from the various city nents worked frantically a the numbing cold and dark igging into the mass of ruins cc had housed pg souls to res y who might live and recover lies of the dea'l jr's story starts e investigation state's attorney backed by ] dieting power of flip grand i intcred into the investigation he story of feldman and his jcame known r as questioning ot cnjurcfd i in the county iiospital sub ted their charges the grand Ã¼bpoenas were served and n-l apher reduced the feldnians i o affidavit form a month according tu the in j on gathered by o'brien feld id tenants of the wrecked and pt tenement deiuged the gas ty with complaints of leaky nd mains ten hours before the explosion a uniformed employe of the company was given keys to the sub-basement svhere the pipes from the street canto nto the meter room to repair the vorst leak this uniformed employe accord ' ig to feldman and his wif e was oo drunk to make the necessary re , pairs and left with a promise to re urn later he did not return and the fumes . in the tightly sealed basement gath mayor appeals for 7,500 fund to aid victims j\4 ayor thompson afier a 'â€¢* conference with representa tives of the red cross and other relief agencies last night issued the follovsing appeal reports made to me by of ficials of the red cross and other relief agencies lead me to appeal to the people of Chicago to come to the relief of families stricken with death and destitution at 813-23 west fourteenth place the red cross recommends that a fund of 7,500 be gath ered to care for the injured to bury the dead and to keep the survivors from be coming charges upon the com munity subscriptions may be sent to david r forgau president of the national city bank teras urere of the committee belgian ship first victim euphrates engaged in relief , work nine more vessels sunk by germans xe\l pout n 1 feb x â€” the len der melville attached to the destroy | er force of the atlantic fleet took i on a large number of torpedoes to i day the melville will sail to-mor | nm morning for guantanamo to join 1 the fleet there london feb 2 â€” official informa tion shows that the first victim of the j new submarine policy of the central i powers probably was a belgian re i lief ship the belgian steamer ' euphrates had carried a cargo of relief supplies from the united states and was returning to america in ballast when it was torpedoed sev eral members of the crew have been rescued and have reached an out lying port eight other ships were sunk to day by german submarines operating under the new orders to sink them on sight in the barred zones they arc jcrv norwegian 1,127 lons one of the crew was killed mareelle belgian trawler the vesucl was sunk by gunfire the crew was landed but whether any of the crew was injured by the firing is not slated portia norwegian 1,127 tons crew lauded hccla norwegian o'h tons algorln spanish 2,116 tons mes sages telling of the sinking of this vessel say that twelve of the crew were landed bssonlte british 580 tons violet british trawler and another vessel the name or which is given as the ravens bourne but which is not found in shipping records it is reported that three of the crew of this ship were i:illed baroness must pay miss shaver 13,514 menominee mich feb 2 â€” miss frank gray shaver woman lawyer of highland park ill plaintiff in a 106,000 suit against baroness van ballandt van erde of menominee was awarded 13,514.90 by a jury in circuit court to-night ryerson buys old master pays 50,000 by inturnational news service new york feb 2 â€” martin a ryerson art collector of Chicago has just acquii-ed from the kleinberger galleries for a price in excess of 50 000 an exquisite madonna by pierro lansing asks liners wait until reply secretary says warning to st louis merely expresses wis dom of awaiting u s move sailings of united states citizens from abroad left entirely to discretion of individuals new york feb 3 â€” the machinery of the giant hamburg i american liner vaterland tied up ] in hcboken has been dismantled in i the last twenty-four hours the i work v/as perpetrated under the i eyes of the neutrality squad the j machinery is said to be in such con jdition that months of work could ! not repair the damage that pari i of the machinery not destroyed was j thrown overboard washington feb i-eumpjji sailings of all ships flying the amer ican flag ought to be postponed ac cording to the opinion of the state department secretary uansing in announcing that a message to this effect had been sent to the international mer cantile marine in regard to the sail ing of the american steamer st louis for england to-morrow was emphatic in saying no orders had been issued against her sailing but that the opinion of the department had been given that it would be wiser to await the decision of the country in the broader issue of the contro versy with germany american diplomats abroad are under standing instructions it de veloped to-day to warn americans at any time that it may be necessary for them to leave a belligerent coun try there arc estimated now to be about g,ooo american citizens in ger many st louis awaits word by international niiws service new york feb 2 â€” no official announcement as to the sailing of the american line steamship st louis scheduled to leave here at noon to morrow on her regular trip to liver pool will be made pending the re ceipt of advices from secretary of state lansing this was stated to-night by p a s franklin president of the interna tional merchancile marine the only trans-atlantic vessel that received clearance to-day was the carmania of the cunard line which will sail some time to-morrow for liverpool with a heavy cargo of mu nitions and few passengers the ad riatic of the white star line is also expected to leave to-morrow night the rochambeau of the french line is scheduled to depart at 3 o'clock sunday afternoon none of the british lines has re ceived any new instructions as to the tailings of their ships a com plete tieup of dutch and scandina vian shipping â€” temporarily at least â€” was indicated by cable instructions received by the a-arious lines to-day other lutes suspend the royal netherlands steamship company which has ten liners in american ports loading cargo con signed to the dutch government have been advised to remain in port until further notice six vessels of the swedish-american-mexico line are be ing similarly held mrs sanger guilty in birth control trial new york feb 2 sirs mar garet sanger birth control advocate and her assistant miss fanla mon dell were found guilty to-day of dis seminating information forbidden by law they will be up for sentence february 8 mrs sanger is a sister of mrs ethel byrne who went on a hunger strike in the workhouse mrs byrne was pardoned laet night england put on honor to eat less meat london feb i the food ministry has issued a public apeal to the natiou to limit the consumption of bread to four pounds cf meat to two and one half pounds and of sugar to three quarters of a pounds weekly rier head only thus the food controller adds can the actual situation be adequately met and the urgency of the situation admits of no delay in informing the country what is demanded of it compulsory rationing involves elaborate machinery and ought to be avoided as long as possible the nation i3 put on its honor to observe the food restriction germ hails germany hails submarine war by william bayard hale statf correspondent of the interna tional news service danger of break with u s seen but hope provocation wil be appreciated berlin feb 1 via sayville wire less feb 2 â€” all germany learned with delight and unanimous approval this morning of the determination of the imperial government to ac centuate u-boat warfare the accumulation of provocations to this action which marked the last fortnight had united the entire popu lace in a demand for sharp methods calculated to bring the insane strug gle to a conclusion the sentiment of european neu trals as reported by trained observers throughout europe permits of but one conclusion that the world is weary of the useless struggle and is ready to welcome tho employment of the ultimate weapon to bring peace hope for v s support communication with the united slates being difficult and slow amer ican sentiment is not definitely known here but it is hoped and be lieved that americans wil under stand the extreme provocation under which the central powers take this action and after the contemptuous rejection of their christmas proffer of peace to the world resolve upon the necessary energetic measures the decision anticipated the decision announced at the session of the ways and means com mittee of the reichstag has been thoroughly anticipated ' the intoler able attitude of the british govern ment acquiesced in by its submissive allies has finally provoked the irre sistible demand of the german peo ple that their government must use the instrument which deference to the wishes of the president of the united states has heretofore left unemployed copyright 1917 by the international news service dr kellog speed war surgeon sued by wife dr kellog speed was sued for di vorce yesterday in the superior court by mrs bertha m speed 1367 south michigan avenue they were mar ried april 12 1904 and mrs speed alleges her husband deserted her in june 1914 dr speed recently re turned from the somme front u s weather forecast Chicago and vicinity â€” partly cloudy saturday and sunday probably unsettled by saturday night rising temperature i moderate variable winds temperature for ten^rty-four hours ending at 2 a m : highest oi lowest â€” 10 average â€” s normal temperature for the day 23 deficiency of temperature since january i 37 decrees j precipitation for twenty-four bonis ending at 7 p m none / deficiency of precipitation since january 1 o.w inch ' complete government report on page 8 neutrals to back course or wilson ' holland alarmed as more german troops are massed along bor der countries hold up ship ping and american mails christiania placed on rations alliance of countries with america is hode smaller i r government see famine i washington feb â– :.â€” co-opera 1 j tion by other neutral nations in such i action as the united states may take as a result of the german announce ment of ruthless submarine warfare is forecast here as a distinct possibil ity the whole neutral diplomatic corps has shown a degree of interest unsurpassed during the war as the double question is involved not only of what the united states will do l but what action their own govern ments will take admittedly the action of part at least of the neutrals will be most decisively influenced by that of the united states and no attempt 5s midc to conceal eagerness with which the american decision is awaited the spanish ambassador mr riano called at the state department to day largely for information and also it is understood with the thought that spain might be asked to take over the affairs of the united states and countries which the united states represents in case of an actual break ke is known however not to have been approached on that subject swiss cabinet meets geneva feb 2 â€” the swiss gov ernment held two extraordinary sessions to discuss the german and austrian notes regarding the new submarine blockade switzerland has been informed that out of all the french ports only cette is considered outside of the blockade zone the federal council announces it is forced to take special measures to cope with the situation and food cards are expected to be issued dutch hold ships the hague feb 2 the dutch press is not bellicose the papers still hoping things will turn out in practice better than theory seems to predict the feeling however is most un comfortable the fact that the gov ernment has prohibited all dutch ves sels from leaving ports has strength ened this feeling the holland america line has called back tho new amsterdam which departed yes terday fishing trawlers from ymui den also were called home if the german measure and the british mining of tho dutch coast lately announced are effective hoi ' land will be shut off from every coun j try but england to which a small highway is left open this means if effective starvation for holland which already is suffer ing from a scarcity of cereals kaiser fails to reply to pope on u boats rome feb 2 â€” efforts pope bene dict is reported to have made to per suade germany against enforcing the order for unrestricted warfare on cho seas had failed to bring any response to-day germany never to declare war on u.s bernstorff asserts ; ready to remove re strictions on american liners and assist in developing export trade with europe i i feeling is most friendly but holds neutrals cannot expect teu tons to spurn their best weapon in war the interview under washington \ date which follows appears as an anonymous statement it was so received by the examiner from its wcshiuglonburcau believing thai if the gentleman who gave the ex aminer this interview is known the situation would be much clarified and perhaps regrettable conse quences be prevented the examiner announces that this interview was with count von bernstorff the german ambassador washington feb 2 lf the united states waits until germany declares war upon her she will wait until doomsday in these words the german point of view was expressed in teutonic diplomatic circles to-day the statement was part of an ab solute disavowal on germany's part of a belligerent attitude toward the united states supplemental instructions to ambassador von bernstorff authorized the ambassador to clear the way for safe passage of the american liners the ambassador declared that he would make every possible effort to facilitate the sailing and safe trans-atlantic passage of any and all ameri can ships germany desires to safeguard in every possible way the lives and property of american citizens on the high seas he declared bernstorff to issue permits under my instructions i am authorized to facilitate the sailing of any and all american ships carrying passengers mails and freight which does not come under the german contraband classification i have not had an opportunity to present this matter to the state department because of the disturbed condition of affairs there i shall do so at the first op portunity however ambassador von bernstorff said his instructions vested in him the au thority to issue permits which would insure safe passage through the sub marine-barred zone of any american ships which he believed faithfully complied with germany's conditions he said that these vessels would be required to follow the route laid down for the one ship a week permitted by the terms of the german note one of the stipulations of germany's note was that one american pas senger ship a week would be permitted to pass through the submarine infested blockade zone and land at falmouth to-day it was explained that one ship a week was specified because only four american ships were in trans-atlantic passenger service and because it was deemed unlikely that more than that number would pass to and fro evidence of friendly attitude still another evidence of a nonbelligerent attitude was the admission to-day that the german embassy for a week past has attempted to dissuade by stories of imaginary difficulties several americans who desired to go to europe and who asked of tho embassy letters and other credentials assuring safe and unmolested traveling in the central empires at that time it was explained the embassy was aware of the immi nence of germany's declaration of unrestricted submarine warfare but could not publicly disclose the knowledge it was insisted that germany by her announcement of a deep-sea blockade was merely requesting the united states to keep its citizens out of a dangerous zone this was done according to information from sources close to the german government out of the most friendly motives and as incidental to germany's declaration that in her light for national existence the time has como for her to take advantage of the reservation in her sussex note count bernstorff task overwhelming lloyd george's plea london feb 2 â€” the burden on my shoulders is overwhelming said premier lloyd george in responding to a municipal welcome at criccleth wales his home to-day but i am confident that with the justice of our cause we shall confound the devices of the wicked one fire raging in plant of saxon motor co detroit mich feb s fire starting early to-day threatens to destroy the plan of the saxon motor corporation here two alarms were sent in for apparatus the firemen were hampered by the extreme cold at 1 o'clock registering two below zero strives to avoid rupture course of action expected to be known in 48 hours likely either to hand passports to envoy or await overt move senators pledge their support to executive in any decision he may make withhold com ment until ho announces plans washington feb 2 the day's developments in the submarine issue are such as to indicate that within 48 hours the course this country will take will be come known this will be either to hand the german ambassador his passports at once or to await tho course of events in germany's announced ex tension of u-boat warfare in the second event any infringement of american rights would undoubtedly bring a break in diplomatic relations president wilson presided at a cabinet meeting lasting two hours and a quarter this afternoon at 5 o'clock he conferred at the senate annex with senator stone chairman of the senate foreign relations com mittee holds conference with senators at 5:40 he went into conference in his office at the capitol with all the senators who could bo gathered at that hour there is not a point in the political ethics of amenities which president wilson is omitting in his earnest and discreet consideration of the great question which is pressing upon him as chief executive of the american he is deliberate serious and poised seeking conference and wise co-operation with his constitutional advisers and not in the least swayed by criticism or sensationalism cabinet members are unperturbed the cabinet meeting lasted about two hours the cabinet members as ( the yemerged from the meeting were 6miling and unperturbed the only official statement concerning the meeting was made by secretary tu multy who said the president and the cabinet canvassed the situation very thor oughly but there is nothing to an nounce at this time secretary lansing declined to make any announcement concerning the government's plans soon know all lansing announces thero is nothing i can say now ' ho said i do not believe from pres ent indications that i will have an announcement to make to-night later at his office the secretary of state said m i believe you will soon icnow all 'â– the president went immediutelr j from his council chamber to a con ce at the capltol re was Â£.â– r.-.trjordiau y iigi â€¢ l^ntkued on 4th page sth column j kj just now jix i '(â€” . is the time to buy an automobile , â€” . when the automobile columns in the want ad section of the examiner contains so many cx l â€” | ceptionally sood bargains in *~~ [ used cars 1 ' ' 1 to final f edition r |

Chicago examiner vol xv no 38 a m satukday Chicago february 0 1917 satukday n *.Â£Â£Â£&Â» price one cext a 2Â£b sÂ§sssb seas safe for u.s ships wilson and senators confer grand jurors to fix guilt in blast ir of wrecked tenement and fe called before body mon r nino inquiries started gleet charged to cos co vho lost mother ; 2 sisters i brother avers she pleaded nly for repairs drunken s of inspector alleged 2 combined . power of city ounty a:id state started yes erduy to fix responsibility for e and explosion which wrecked aement at 813-823 west four place in the early hours of lay persons were killed fifteen sly injured and seventeen are g more than forty more were y hurt loenas to appear before the jury monday morning at 10 were served oii morris fold anitor of the buildingj and his jessie ity of state's ney's office bared processes revealed the activity state's attorney's office and 1 to put the blame squarely up peoples gas light and coke is leak and no other cause ng to statements by feldman 3 wife to assistant slate's at james c o'brien caused the as justice speeded to its-work i policemen and wrecking drafted from the various city nents worked frantically a the numbing cold and dark igging into the mass of ruins cc had housed pg souls to res y who might live and recover lies of the dea'l jr's story starts e investigation state's attorney backed by ] dieting power of flip grand i intcred into the investigation he story of feldman and his jcame known r as questioning ot cnjurcfd i in the county iiospital sub ted their charges the grand Ã¼bpoenas were served and n-l apher reduced the feldnians i o affidavit form a month according tu the in j on gathered by o'brien feld id tenants of the wrecked and pt tenement deiuged the gas ty with complaints of leaky nd mains ten hours before the explosion a uniformed employe of the company was given keys to the sub-basement svhere the pipes from the street canto nto the meter room to repair the vorst leak this uniformed employe accord ' ig to feldman and his wif e was oo drunk to make the necessary re , pairs and left with a promise to re urn later he did not return and the fumes . in the tightly sealed basement gath mayor appeals for 7,500 fund to aid victims j\4 ayor thompson afier a 'â€¢* conference with representa tives of the red cross and other relief agencies last night issued the follovsing appeal reports made to me by of ficials of the red cross and other relief agencies lead me to appeal to the people of Chicago to come to the relief of families stricken with death and destitution at 813-23 west fourteenth place the red cross recommends that a fund of 7,500 be gath ered to care for the injured to bury the dead and to keep the survivors from be coming charges upon the com munity subscriptions may be sent to david r forgau president of the national city bank teras urere of the committee belgian ship first victim euphrates engaged in relief , work nine more vessels sunk by germans xe\l pout n 1 feb x â€” the len der melville attached to the destroy | er force of the atlantic fleet took i on a large number of torpedoes to i day the melville will sail to-mor | nm morning for guantanamo to join 1 the fleet there london feb 2 â€” official informa tion shows that the first victim of the j new submarine policy of the central i powers probably was a belgian re i lief ship the belgian steamer ' euphrates had carried a cargo of relief supplies from the united states and was returning to america in ballast when it was torpedoed sev eral members of the crew have been rescued and have reached an out lying port eight other ships were sunk to day by german submarines operating under the new orders to sink them on sight in the barred zones they arc jcrv norwegian 1,127 lons one of the crew was killed mareelle belgian trawler the vesucl was sunk by gunfire the crew was landed but whether any of the crew was injured by the firing is not slated portia norwegian 1,127 tons crew lauded hccla norwegian o'h tons algorln spanish 2,116 tons mes sages telling of the sinking of this vessel say that twelve of the crew were landed bssonlte british 580 tons violet british trawler and another vessel the name or which is given as the ravens bourne but which is not found in shipping records it is reported that three of the crew of this ship were i:illed baroness must pay miss shaver 13,514 menominee mich feb 2 â€” miss frank gray shaver woman lawyer of highland park ill plaintiff in a 106,000 suit against baroness van ballandt van erde of menominee was awarded 13,514.90 by a jury in circuit court to-night ryerson buys old master pays 50,000 by inturnational news service new york feb 2 â€” martin a ryerson art collector of Chicago has just acquii-ed from the kleinberger galleries for a price in excess of 50 000 an exquisite madonna by pierro lansing asks liners wait until reply secretary says warning to st louis merely expresses wis dom of awaiting u s move sailings of united states citizens from abroad left entirely to discretion of individuals new york feb 3 â€” the machinery of the giant hamburg i american liner vaterland tied up ] in hcboken has been dismantled in i the last twenty-four hours the i work v/as perpetrated under the i eyes of the neutrality squad the j machinery is said to be in such con jdition that months of work could ! not repair the damage that pari i of the machinery not destroyed was j thrown overboard washington feb i-eumpjji sailings of all ships flying the amer ican flag ought to be postponed ac cording to the opinion of the state department secretary uansing in announcing that a message to this effect had been sent to the international mer cantile marine in regard to the sail ing of the american steamer st louis for england to-morrow was emphatic in saying no orders had been issued against her sailing but that the opinion of the department had been given that it would be wiser to await the decision of the country in the broader issue of the contro versy with germany american diplomats abroad are under standing instructions it de veloped to-day to warn americans at any time that it may be necessary for them to leave a belligerent coun try there arc estimated now to be about g,ooo american citizens in ger many st louis awaits word by international niiws service new york feb 2 â€” no official announcement as to the sailing of the american line steamship st louis scheduled to leave here at noon to morrow on her regular trip to liver pool will be made pending the re ceipt of advices from secretary of state lansing this was stated to-night by p a s franklin president of the interna tional merchancile marine the only trans-atlantic vessel that received clearance to-day was the carmania of the cunard line which will sail some time to-morrow for liverpool with a heavy cargo of mu nitions and few passengers the ad riatic of the white star line is also expected to leave to-morrow night the rochambeau of the french line is scheduled to depart at 3 o'clock sunday afternoon none of the british lines has re ceived any new instructions as to the tailings of their ships a com plete tieup of dutch and scandina vian shipping â€” temporarily at least â€” was indicated by cable instructions received by the a-arious lines to-day other lutes suspend the royal netherlands steamship company which has ten liners in american ports loading cargo con signed to the dutch government have been advised to remain in port until further notice six vessels of the swedish-american-mexico line are be ing similarly held mrs sanger guilty in birth control trial new york feb 2 sirs mar garet sanger birth control advocate and her assistant miss fanla mon dell were found guilty to-day of dis seminating information forbidden by law they will be up for sentence february 8 mrs sanger is a sister of mrs ethel byrne who went on a hunger strike in the workhouse mrs byrne was pardoned laet night england put on honor to eat less meat london feb i the food ministry has issued a public apeal to the natiou to limit the consumption of bread to four pounds cf meat to two and one half pounds and of sugar to three quarters of a pounds weekly rier head only thus the food controller adds can the actual situation be adequately met and the urgency of the situation admits of no delay in informing the country what is demanded of it compulsory rationing involves elaborate machinery and ought to be avoided as long as possible the nation i3 put on its honor to observe the food restriction germ hails germany hails submarine war by william bayard hale statf correspondent of the interna tional news service danger of break with u s seen but hope provocation wil be appreciated berlin feb 1 via sayville wire less feb 2 â€” all germany learned with delight and unanimous approval this morning of the determination of the imperial government to ac centuate u-boat warfare the accumulation of provocations to this action which marked the last fortnight had united the entire popu lace in a demand for sharp methods calculated to bring the insane strug gle to a conclusion the sentiment of european neu trals as reported by trained observers throughout europe permits of but one conclusion that the world is weary of the useless struggle and is ready to welcome tho employment of the ultimate weapon to bring peace hope for v s support communication with the united slates being difficult and slow amer ican sentiment is not definitely known here but it is hoped and be lieved that americans wil under stand the extreme provocation under which the central powers take this action and after the contemptuous rejection of their christmas proffer of peace to the world resolve upon the necessary energetic measures the decision anticipated the decision announced at the session of the ways and means com mittee of the reichstag has been thoroughly anticipated ' the intoler able attitude of the british govern ment acquiesced in by its submissive allies has finally provoked the irre sistible demand of the german peo ple that their government must use the instrument which deference to the wishes of the president of the united states has heretofore left unemployed copyright 1917 by the international news service dr kellog speed war surgeon sued by wife dr kellog speed was sued for di vorce yesterday in the superior court by mrs bertha m speed 1367 south michigan avenue they were mar ried april 12 1904 and mrs speed alleges her husband deserted her in june 1914 dr speed recently re turned from the somme front u s weather forecast Chicago and vicinity â€” partly cloudy saturday and sunday probably unsettled by saturday night rising temperature i moderate variable winds temperature for ten^rty-four hours ending at 2 a m : highest oi lowest â€” 10 average â€” s normal temperature for the day 23 deficiency of temperature since january i 37 decrees j precipitation for twenty-four bonis ending at 7 p m none / deficiency of precipitation since january 1 o.w inch ' complete government report on page 8 neutrals to back course or wilson ' holland alarmed as more german troops are massed along bor der countries hold up ship ping and american mails christiania placed on rations alliance of countries with america is hode smaller i r government see famine i washington feb â– :.â€” co-opera 1 j tion by other neutral nations in such i action as the united states may take as a result of the german announce ment of ruthless submarine warfare is forecast here as a distinct possibil ity the whole neutral diplomatic corps has shown a degree of interest unsurpassed during the war as the double question is involved not only of what the united states will do l but what action their own govern ments will take admittedly the action of part at least of the neutrals will be most decisively influenced by that of the united states and no attempt 5s midc to conceal eagerness with which the american decision is awaited the spanish ambassador mr riano called at the state department to day largely for information and also it is understood with the thought that spain might be asked to take over the affairs of the united states and countries which the united states represents in case of an actual break ke is known however not to have been approached on that subject swiss cabinet meets geneva feb 2 â€” the swiss gov ernment held two extraordinary sessions to discuss the german and austrian notes regarding the new submarine blockade switzerland has been informed that out of all the french ports only cette is considered outside of the blockade zone the federal council announces it is forced to take special measures to cope with the situation and food cards are expected to be issued dutch hold ships the hague feb 2 the dutch press is not bellicose the papers still hoping things will turn out in practice better than theory seems to predict the feeling however is most un comfortable the fact that the gov ernment has prohibited all dutch ves sels from leaving ports has strength ened this feeling the holland america line has called back tho new amsterdam which departed yes terday fishing trawlers from ymui den also were called home if the german measure and the british mining of tho dutch coast lately announced are effective hoi ' land will be shut off from every coun j try but england to which a small highway is left open this means if effective starvation for holland which already is suffer ing from a scarcity of cereals kaiser fails to reply to pope on u boats rome feb 2 â€” efforts pope bene dict is reported to have made to per suade germany against enforcing the order for unrestricted warfare on cho seas had failed to bring any response to-day germany never to declare war on u.s bernstorff asserts ; ready to remove re strictions on american liners and assist in developing export trade with europe i i feeling is most friendly but holds neutrals cannot expect teu tons to spurn their best weapon in war the interview under washington \ date which follows appears as an anonymous statement it was so received by the examiner from its wcshiuglonburcau believing thai if the gentleman who gave the ex aminer this interview is known the situation would be much clarified and perhaps regrettable conse quences be prevented the examiner announces that this interview was with count von bernstorff the german ambassador washington feb 2 lf the united states waits until germany declares war upon her she will wait until doomsday in these words the german point of view was expressed in teutonic diplomatic circles to-day the statement was part of an ab solute disavowal on germany's part of a belligerent attitude toward the united states supplemental instructions to ambassador von bernstorff authorized the ambassador to clear the way for safe passage of the american liners the ambassador declared that he would make every possible effort to facilitate the sailing and safe trans-atlantic passage of any and all ameri can ships germany desires to safeguard in every possible way the lives and property of american citizens on the high seas he declared bernstorff to issue permits under my instructions i am authorized to facilitate the sailing of any and all american ships carrying passengers mails and freight which does not come under the german contraband classification i have not had an opportunity to present this matter to the state department because of the disturbed condition of affairs there i shall do so at the first op portunity however ambassador von bernstorff said his instructions vested in him the au thority to issue permits which would insure safe passage through the sub marine-barred zone of any american ships which he believed faithfully complied with germany's conditions he said that these vessels would be required to follow the route laid down for the one ship a week permitted by the terms of the german note one of the stipulations of germany's note was that one american pas senger ship a week would be permitted to pass through the submarine infested blockade zone and land at falmouth to-day it was explained that one ship a week was specified because only four american ships were in trans-atlantic passenger service and because it was deemed unlikely that more than that number would pass to and fro evidence of friendly attitude still another evidence of a nonbelligerent attitude was the admission to-day that the german embassy for a week past has attempted to dissuade by stories of imaginary difficulties several americans who desired to go to europe and who asked of tho embassy letters and other credentials assuring safe and unmolested traveling in the central empires at that time it was explained the embassy was aware of the immi nence of germany's declaration of unrestricted submarine warfare but could not publicly disclose the knowledge it was insisted that germany by her announcement of a deep-sea blockade was merely requesting the united states to keep its citizens out of a dangerous zone this was done according to information from sources close to the german government out of the most friendly motives and as incidental to germany's declaration that in her light for national existence the time has como for her to take advantage of the reservation in her sussex note count bernstorff task overwhelming lloyd george's plea london feb 2 â€” the burden on my shoulders is overwhelming said premier lloyd george in responding to a municipal welcome at criccleth wales his home to-day but i am confident that with the justice of our cause we shall confound the devices of the wicked one fire raging in plant of saxon motor co detroit mich feb s fire starting early to-day threatens to destroy the plan of the saxon motor corporation here two alarms were sent in for apparatus the firemen were hampered by the extreme cold at 1 o'clock registering two below zero strives to avoid rupture course of action expected to be known in 48 hours likely either to hand passports to envoy or await overt move senators pledge their support to executive in any decision he may make withhold com ment until ho announces plans washington feb 2 the day's developments in the submarine issue are such as to indicate that within 48 hours the course this country will take will be come known this will be either to hand the german ambassador his passports at once or to await tho course of events in germany's announced ex tension of u-boat warfare in the second event any infringement of american rights would undoubtedly bring a break in diplomatic relations president wilson presided at a cabinet meeting lasting two hours and a quarter this afternoon at 5 o'clock he conferred at the senate annex with senator stone chairman of the senate foreign relations com mittee holds conference with senators at 5:40 he went into conference in his office at the capitol with all the senators who could bo gathered at that hour there is not a point in the political ethics of amenities which president wilson is omitting in his earnest and discreet consideration of the great question which is pressing upon him as chief executive of the american he is deliberate serious and poised seeking conference and wise co-operation with his constitutional advisers and not in the least swayed by criticism or sensationalism cabinet members are unperturbed the cabinet meeting lasted about two hours the cabinet members as ( the yemerged from the meeting were 6miling and unperturbed the only official statement concerning the meeting was made by secretary tu multy who said the president and the cabinet canvassed the situation very thor oughly but there is nothing to an nounce at this time secretary lansing declined to make any announcement concerning the government's plans soon know all lansing announces thero is nothing i can say now ' ho said i do not believe from pres ent indications that i will have an announcement to make to-night later at his office the secretary of 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